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Dubai Sports Council announced today that the International Hockey Federation (FIH) will be the first organization to set up a regional office within its new headquarters at Dubai Design District (d3), a move that reflects the growing interest of all Summer Olympic International Federations to have permanent regional offices in Dubai.

The International Hockey Federation (FIH) announces that the Kenya Hockey Union has informed the FIH that because of the recent political turmoil in its country it has reluctantly had to withdraw from the women’s Olympic Qualifier to be played in Baku, Azerbaijan (12-20 April 2008).

The International Hockey Federation (FIH) announces that agreement has been reached for the retirement of Hans Bertels as the Executive Director of the FIH as of 31 March 2008 after performing the job for just more than 12.5 years.

The Executive Board of the International Hockey Federation (FIH) gathered in New Delhi, India for its bi-annual meetings. There were several reasons why the FIH Executive Board was for its meetings in the Indian Capital.

The International Hockey Federation (FIH) announced during a special press conference on Wednesday that FIH’s premier event, the 12th Men’s Hockey World Cup, played by the 12 top nations, will in principle be staged in New Delhi over two weeks in February 2010 at the Major Dhyan Chand National Hockey Stadium.

The Samsung men’s Hockey Champions Trophy tournament is scheduled to be held in Lahore, Pakistan in December 2007. At meetings held in Beijing, China during the Olympic hockey test event, the International Hockey Federation (FIH) considered the possible effect the recent unrest in Pakistan may have on the tournament.

After the Executive Board of the International Hockey Federation (FIH) decided in March to allocate the 2008 WorldHockey Champions Trophy men to Netherlands, the Dutch Hockey Association (KNHB) decided in its Board Meeting on Monday to entrust this event to the Hockey Club Rotterdam.

The project ‘Promotion Indian Hockey‘ of the International Hockey Federation (FIH) in cooperation with the Indian Hockey Confederation,&nbsp; the Indian Olympic Association and Olympic Solidarity (IOC) shows unfortunately delay to the time schedule laid down in the project agreement.

The project ‘Promotion Indian Hockey ‘of the International Hockey Federation (FIH) in cooperation with the Indian Hockey Confederation,&nbsp; the Indian Olympic Association and Olympic Solidarity goes into the next phase.

Following the announcement by the International Hockey Federation (FIH) at its Congress last month of the six hosts of the Olympic Qualifiers for the 2008 Olympic Games, the dates for these six tournaments are now confirmed.

The website of the International Hockey Federation FIH <A href="http://www.worldhockey.org">www.worldhockey.org</A> broke all its current records during the BDO World Cup, held in Monchengladbach, Germany from 6 till 17 September.

Uschi Schmitz, general secretary of the German Hockey federation (DHB) and DHB president Stephan Abel presented the BDO Hockey World Cup Men (held from 6 to 17 September in the Warsteiner HockeyPark in Monchengladbach) in the sport department of the German Bundestag in Berlin on Wednesday afternoon.

IOC president Jacques Rogge visited the International Hockey Federation office today for the first time since FIH became the latest member of the Olympic family to establish its headquarters in Lausanne.

Following a long and intensive search, selection and interview process I am delighted to announce that David Faulkner has been appointed as England Hockey’s new Performance Director with effect from April 25th, a post that has been filled on an interim basis since November 2004 by Neil West.

Athens Olympic gold medallist Australia has confirmed its withdrawal from the Samsung Hockey Champions Trophy, to be played in Lahore from 4-12 December, due to adverse travel advice from the Australian Government.

The Scottish Hockey Union has signed a new sponsorship with one of Scotland’s biggest law firms, Shepherd and Wedderburn, for both the men's Scottish Cup and the women's National League Cup tournaments.

Event coverage on worldhockey.org, the International Hockey Federation's website, attracted a record number of visitors, increasing web traffic statistics, during the Men's and Women's Olympic Qualifiers, held in March this year.

The Samsung Hockey World Cup Qualifier, Men, 2006 and the Rabobank Hockey Champions Challenge, Women, 2005 have been awarded to the Chinese and United States hockey associations respectively, it was decided at the International Hockey Federation's (FIH) Executive Board meetings in Auckland, which concluded on Saturday 27 March. The Samsung Hockey World Cup Qualifier will
take place in Guang Zhou province, China in March 2006 and the Rabobank Hockey Champions Challenge in Virginia Beach, USA in

Indian Hockey Federation (IHF), India’s apex body of hockey management, has launched an annual domestic hockey league. ESPN STAR Sports (ESS), Asia’s number one sports broadcaster and Leisure Sports Management (LSM) have worked closely with the IHF to develop the league. ESPN STAR Sports will telecast the hockey league LIVE and exclusive to millions of viewers for the next 10 years.